Christopher Amis

1991 /

Crime

Christopher is instructed to defend and prosecute in a wide range of cases, very often as lead counsel. In 2017 he was instructed by Janes Sols, as lead counsel, to defend in a 3 month, VHCC, multi-handed fraud in Middlesbrough and then instructed later in the year, by CPS London, Special Casework Unit, as lead counsel to prosecute a multi-handed, brothels and money-laundering, 9 week trial at Southwark Crown Court.

In addition to those areas of practice mentioned above he deals with modern slavery, cyber-crime, child-pornography, all sexual offences, firearms offences, human-trafficking, complex fraud and financial crime, confiscation.

He is on a short-list of security-cleared counsel for the prosecution of serious cases involving extremely sensitive material and frequently works with the intelligence agencies.

Many of the cases he handles involve complex and extremely sensitive disclosure issues. His practice frequently pits him against Queen's Counsel acting for his opponents.

In July-September 2018 he acted as Lead Counsel for the Prosecution, instructed by CPS London, Crown Court North team, to prosecute a multi-handed, 10 week, class A drugs and firearms case.

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